On this Morning in 1862, 6,000 French troops under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez set out to attack Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico. A rag-tag force of 2,000 loyal men—many of them either indigenous Mexicans or of mixed ancestry, Led by Texas-born General Ignacio Zaragoza, the vastly outnumbered and poorly supplied Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the French assault. On May 5, 1862, The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening, and when the French finally retreated they had lost nearly 500 soldiers. Fewer than 100 Mexicans had been killed in the clash. HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO :-)
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 12:33:27 +0000
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